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... enemy . But his little band was soon cut to pieces , and he was left alone with but fifteen attendants . Then Mahon came to him in the wilds and fastnesses where he had taken refuge . The king begged him to return to Kincora and abandon ...
... enemy . But his little band was soon cut to pieces , and he was left alone with but fifteen attendants . Then Mahon came to him in the wilds and fastnesses where he had taken refuge . The king begged him to return to Kincora and abandon ...
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... enemy's approach . He broke up his camp and pushed forward to face the foe . The hostile armies met at the wood of Sulcoit near the present town of Tipperary , and there , in the words of the old chronicler , ' a fierce and bloody ...
... enemy's approach . He broke up his camp and pushed forward to face the foe . The hostile armies met at the wood of Sulcoit near the present town of Tipperary , and there , in the words of the old chronicler , ' a fierce and bloody ...
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... enemy's army and opening up the road to Dublin . Young Murrough again distinguished himself by many gallant deeds , ending in capturing Mailmora , whom he found hiding in a yew tree . Brian soon entered Dublin without opposition , and ...
... enemy's army and opening up the road to Dublin . Young Murrough again distinguished himself by many gallant deeds , ending in capturing Mailmora , whom he found hiding in a yew tree . Brian soon entered Dublin without opposition , and ...
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... decisive battle . Brian now moved from Kilmainham , and took up a position on the north of the town , extending his line , probably , from where the Four Courts now stand to Clontarf , and thus keeping the enemy between himself and.
... decisive battle . Brian now moved from Kilmainham , and took up a position on the north of the town , extending his line , probably , from where the Four Courts now stand to Clontarf , and thus keeping the enemy between himself and.
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Richard Barry O'Brien. Clontarf , and thus keeping the enemy between himself and the sea . On Good Friday 1014 , the battle of Clon- tarf , as it has been called , was fought . Brian's army consisted of the men of Munster , Con- naught ...
Richard Barry O'Brien. Clontarf , and thus keeping the enemy between himself and the sea . On Good Friday 1014 , the battle of Clon- tarf , as it has been called , was fought . Brian's army consisted of the men of Munster , Con- naught ...
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Page 256 - Though in her tomb she lies helpless and motionless, still there is on her lips a spirit of life, and on her cheek a glow of beauty : Thou art not conquered : beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
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